Tag: #97

Mountain rescue has grown wings. Fitness is key for outdoor activities such as running or hiking. Those who need a little boost can soon turn to a startup from Shanghai. Its 1.8kg exoskeleton for thighs can offset loads by some 30kg on steep hills, and give a 10kg horizontal push to those moving at speeds greater than 3 m/ph....

Birds have rhythm in their blood and dancers are onto something pretty cool. Just like an organisation from London who is giving around 100 former homeless people the chance to star in an opera - whether front- or backstage. The artists come from London, Nottingham and Manchester. Each performance comprises 9 parts, co-written during creative workshops by people with...

Building elements filled with seeds and surfboards containing straw are allowing nature to grow. Now, a Hong Kong-based startup is 3D printing hexagonal tiles from clay which are installed on the seafloor and planted with young coral. A coral-specific algorithm tells a robotic arm how to print the tiles' labyrinthine structure. This not only promotes growth but enables corals...

A headband can monitor hallucinations, while skin cancer can be detected by cell phone. What about the most common cause of heart disease and coronary artery aneurysms in 1-5 year-olds? Cue a 17-year-old female student from San Diego who has developed a new method for identifying Kawasaki Disease. Since the five symptoms - high fever, red tongue, body rash and...

A cooling helmet helps prevent hair loss during chemotherapy. Hot flushes, which afflict women during the menopause, are equally undesirable. But thanks to a young designer from England and his startup, these episodes could soon be a thing of the past. His armband with integrated sensors detects hot flushes as they develop and activates a patch which cools the...

Balancing cloud usage can keep emissions and energy costs at bay. Meanwhile, an English startup is aiming to reduce both in public swimming pools by building data centres near the baths and using their thermal discharge to heat the water. All that’s required is a digital boiler. The startup bears the costs for the electricity as well as the...